Nginx + PHP on Windows

This article shows you how to install and integrate Nginx and PHP on Windows.

Tested

1. Nginx 1.12.1
2. PHP 7.1.10
3. Windows 10

1. Install Nginx + PHP

Basically, just download zip file and extracts it, no installation.

To install Nginx

1. Visit http://nginx.org/en/download.html
2. Download nginx/Windows-1.12.2
3. Extract to C:\nginx-1.12.1

To Install PHP

1. Visit http://windows.php.net/download/
2. Download PHP7.1 download VC14 x64 Non Thread Safe
3. Extract to C:\php7.1.10

2. Integrate Nginx + PHP

Nginx communicates with PHP via php-cgi.exe

2.1 Start PHP at 127.0.0.1:9999

c:\php7.1.10>php-cgi.exe -b 127.0.0.1:9999

2.2 Edit Nginx conf file.

http {
    include       mime.types;
    default_type  application/octet-stream;
    server {
        listen       80;
        server_name  localhost;
		# Declares here, so that $document_root is able to find php files
		root www;
        location / {
            index  index.html index.htm;
		# For PHP files, pass to 127.0.0.1:9999
		location ~ \.php$ {
			fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9999;
			fastcgi_index  index.php;
			fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
			include        fastcgi_params;

2.3 Create a C:\nginx-1.12.1\www folder.

2.4 Create a simple PHP file and put it into the www folder.

<?php
	phpinfo();
?>

2.5 Start Nginx

C:\nginx-1.12.1> start nginx

3. Demo

http://localhost/print.php

Done.

References

1. Nginx official websites
2. PHP For Windows
3. PHP-FastCGI on Windows
4. php-cgi.exe – The application was unable to start correctly
5. Nginx + PHP – No input file specified